Acting & Directing Emphasis

Through hands-on experiences this course will introduce the practical application of theatrical design principles including techniques and practices of technical organization, set construction, lighting preparation, costume construction, makeup application, 做好充分准备. 需要付实验室费用.

介绍戏剧设计的理论和原理, 本课程将强调整体和场景的方法, while exploring set, lighting, costume, makeup, 声音设计需要导演和设计师的合作. 需要付实验室费用.

本课程将提供各种惯例的概述, forms, styles, 以及戏剧的类型, 包括戏剧分析原理和从戏剧角度探讨戏剧批评, literary, 以及通过对代表性戏剧的主题讨论而获得的文化视角. 必要的实地考察可能需要额外收费.

作为基本表演技巧的入门, 本课程将探讨构建内部的方法, physical, 和一个角色的声音生活, 教授热身程序和舞台原则，包括场景分析, 独白表演, and improvisations. 实地考察可能要额外收费.

从戏剧艺术家(演员)的角度对精选戏剧进行深入研究, director, designer), 本课程将探讨将戏剧文本翻译成戏剧作品的过程. 重点将放在感知技巧上, imagination, and integration used in developing a concept and determining specific performance and design choices with the application of analysis through projects and presentations. 提供隔年.

本课程将向学生介绍以下技巧:游戏选择和分析, auditioning, 场景设计与舞台, actor coaching, rehearsal strategies, 生产管理. Both the principles for proscenium and the open stage will be discussed along with the presentation and evaluation of workshop scenes. Prerequisites: THR 251 and THR 261 and THR 262 and THR 341 或者导师的同意.

This course, 适合戏剧专业的学生, is a practical, 实践学习经验，学生将在一个或多个戏剧系作品中工作.

This course will explore the skills and materials needed for the professional theatre artist as students create a portfolio, résumé, 以及为将来从事艺术事业做准备的其他必需品. 需要支付实验室费用.

在本课程中，学生将阅读, critically analyze, discuss, 并评价从1890年到21世纪的一些戏剧, 包括像易卜生这样的剧作家, O'Neill, Pirandello, Lorca, Miller, Williams, and Albee. 可能需要参加演出. Prerequisite: ENG 201 or CENG 201 or CENG 202. 提供隔年.

批判性阅读和分析选定的莎士比亚历史的例子, comedies, 悲剧将是这门课的重点. Prerequisite: (ENG 201 or CENG 201 or CENG 202) and ENG 271.

表演和导演专业的学生每学年至少要参加一次试镜, 如果被选上，你愿意/可以出演这部剧. (试镜不能保证选角). After each audition students are required to meet with full time theatre faculty present at the audition to get feedback. 学生必须完成试听过程和反馈会议，以获得试听的学分. An updated list will be published at the end of each semester detailing auditions and feedback sessions completed. 在学生预期毕业的那个学期，他们应该报名参加 THR 100 用于通过/失败认证. Students who fail to complete this requirement will not be approved for graduation with a theater major: acting and directing emphasis.

This course will provide intensive training in the integral use of the voice and body for the actor through the development of tools for communicating character and subtext including vocal and physical relaxation, flexibility, 实力和目的是为学生谁打算继续学习表演.

This course is an advanced approach to acting techniques used in material from contemporary realism and the modern drama era such as Chekhov and Ibsen. It will include an in-depth study of scene and character analysis; 独白表演, improvisations, and scenes; exercises based on the Meisner technique and other acting approaches. 实地考察可能要额外收费. 实验时间包含在课程表中. Prerequisite: THR 261 或者导师的同意.

As an advanced study of theatrical performance techniques and through the use of in-class workshop experiences, this course will emphasize the acting of Shakespeare and other period styles including restoration and theatre of the absurd. 包括练习, analytical skills, rehearsal procedures, 以及艺术批评的方法. 实验时间包含在课程表中. 必要的实地考察可能需要额外收费. Prerequisite: THR 262 或者导师的同意.

As a continuation of THR 351, this course will deepen students' knowledge and skills in the theory and practice of stage directing including director/designer collaboration; analysis of period style and genre with application to directors' choices; analysis of modern and contemporary theories of the stage; and artistic direction and dramaturgy in the contemporary theatre. 展示和评估车间场景. 必要的实地考察可能需要额外收费. Prerequisite: THR 351 或者导师的同意.

在本课程中，学生将阅读, critically analyze, discuss, 并评价从1890年到21世纪的一些戏剧, 包括像易卜生这样的剧作家, O'Neill, Pirandello, Lorca, Miller, Williams, and Albee. 可能需要参加演出. Prerequisite: ENG 201 or CENG 201 or CENG 202. 提供隔年.

批判性阅读和分析选定的莎士比亚历史的例子, comedies, 悲剧将是这门课的重点. Prerequisite: (ENG 201 or CENG 201 or CENG 202) and ENG 271.

声音的探索, movement, and acting skills necessary to perform in modern musical plays will be examined in this course as students participate in workshops, exercises, warm-ups, rehearsal procedures, 以及课堂上的独奏和集体表演. Prerequisite: THR 261 或者导师的同意. 提供隔年.

With an emphasis upon personal dramatic experience and drama as process instead of theatrical product, this course will examine the principles and procedures for utilizing creative dramatics activities as an instructional tool. 通过个人和团体的运动, sound, 以及无脚本练习, 学生学习将戏剧活动融入课堂, 排练厅和其他各种设置, 包括木偶戏的介绍.

这是一门涵盖技能的课程, terms, and concepts that must be understood in order to create convincing realistic acting performances in front of a camera. A practical course, students will be assigned a series of scenes and exercises which will be recorded by equipment equivalent to what one would encounter in the film and video industry. 这是在第一幕和第二幕中学到的技能的自然产物, 本课程适应这些技能，在镜头前工作. 实验时间包含在课程表中. Prerequisites: THR 251 and THR 261 and THR 262 或者导师的同意.

This is an intense, practical experience in a theatre setting that contributes significantly to the student’s preparation for entrance into a theatrical profession. 具体任务将与实习单位协商确定. 每个学分单位大约需要四十(40)个学时.

This advanced, 论文式课程要求密集, 在教师的指导下进行高水平的实践活动. 先决条件:戏剧专业, senior status, and application approval by the theatre faculty (also see Theatre Showcase Guidelines available in the Theatre Office).

An introductory course to the art of writing dramatic works through the exploration of dramatic writing techniques through writing practice, 对已出版作品的仔细分析, 还有学生工作坊. Prerequisite: WRT 102 or WRT 201.